Tuesday, 16 October 2012

The Best Pesto In The World

...is, of course, the one my Mum makes at home!

She has been making pesto for a long time and with varying ingredients, and the other day, she gave me a jar of Basil pesto.As far as I know, it also contains olive oil and pine nuts, as well as salt and pepper; if anyone wants the recipe, I am sure she'll be happy for me to post it.Anyway, this pesto was so delicious I was very much tempted to eat it directly out of the jar with a spoon. Instead, I was being good and made myself a hot meal for a change (instead of my usual cheese sandwich for lunch); I still had some mushrooms left over from the weekend, and some pasta, so it all combined very nicely.

If you look closely, maybe you'll see the shape of the pasta - it's flowers and Hello Kitty heads :-D

Today, I am going to spend my lunch break at my parents', so I am guaranteed to have a delicious lunch, no matter what it is going to be!

I make my own pesto too, Meike. It's the usual Italien recipe with basil, parmesan, pine nuts and olive oil. Beautiful. A friend who has just been staying has a plate of sliced tomatoes every morning with lots of pesto or basil and olive oil and toast.

You are right, Elizabeth! And often, I don't even attempt to make things exactly the way my Mum does them, because I won't get them right anyway. So it is always a special treat to have the original dish!